Human evolution

Human evolution

Otherwise known as anthropogeny; anything of or relating to the study of the origin and evolution of Homo sapiens as a distinct species from other hominids, great apes and placental mammals.

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Retromolar space

Archaeology; Human evolution

A space or gap at the rear of a mandible between the back of the last molar and the anterior edge of the ascending ramus where it crosses the alveolar margin.

1) A process in which genetic information is transferred by means of extracellular pieces of DNA in bacteria 2) The failure of cells to remain constrained in their growth properties and give rise to ...

Diatom analysis

Archaeology; Human evolution

A method of environmental reconstruction based on plant microfossils. Diatoms are unicellular algae, whose silica cell walls survive after the algae die, and they accumulate in large numbers at the ...

Gradualism

Archaeology; Human evolution

A theory that evolution progresses by the extension of microevolutionary processes over long periods of time, the gradual modification of populations. The concept does not imply continuous evolution, ...

Hemizygous

Archaeology; Human evolution

The condition of X-linked genes in males. Males that have an X-chromosome with an allele for a particular gene but do not have another allele of that gene in the gene complement are hemizygous.

Gonial angle

Archaeology; Human evolution

The smoothly curced area where the back of the ramus meets the bottom of the corpus.

Association area

Archaeology; Human evolution

One of the many regions of the cerebral cortex not devoted exclusively to either primary sensory perception such as vision and audition, or to motor movement, but rather to more complex association ...